Posts Tagged ‘Milk’

How to Clean The Bottle

We will read a thousand ways to clean a bottle of our children, whether to disinfect every time you empty, whether it is better to do before drinking. So we agree on is that we keep it clean under any circumstances because it is the “vessel” that babies drink for many months. In this article we give some guidelines on the right way to keep the bottle always impeccable.

First, before the first use should be washed with soap and water, and sterilize all bottles, nipples and pacifiers. During the first month of the baby “is recommended after each use and then daily. After 4 months, when the baby takes everything in his mouth it is unnecessary Read the rest of this entry »

Supplementation of Vitamin D for Infants

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Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones, proper functioning of muscles and vitamin D plays a role in the resistance.

Vitamin D is made in our skin due to sunlight and is in milk. Small children (babies) do not show enough vitamin D in the skin can create. Therefore it is recommended for babies older than 2 weeks, breast-fed a daily dose of 10 micrograms of vitamin D it.

Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones, proper functioning of the muscles and the immune system. Read the rest of this entry »

Just When We Meet MP-ASI In Babies?

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Mother’s Milk is the most appropriate food for all newborns. Mother’s Milk has the advantages of nutrition, immunology, and physiology better than commercial formula. Thus, breastfeeding is very important, especially babies who are born in developing countries, because the cost and method of preparation of formula can lead to inadequate nutrition and / disease.

Can be exclusively breastfed infants during the first six months of age. However, not all infants can be given breast milk exclusively. Criteria babies could be given exclusive breastfeeding is sufficient months of age and healthy birth, the newborn was also a low-risk preterm (born after 32 weeks gestation, without respiratory problems).

After six months, babies can be introduced with the food co-ASI (MP-ASI). Introduction of MP-ASI is an important stage in the life of a child. Because this is where habits are formed and the development of the child. “MP-milk intake should be prepared in such a way as to be in harmony with the process of growth and the ability of infants to receive the food,”

MP-ASI should be given to infants and introduced gradually, both in form and amount so that baby can adapt digestion. MP-ASI should be given after the baby is six months old. MP-ASI must meet several requirements, among them; materials should be easy to eat food, easily digested, and up; hygienic and nutritious. If possible, use local food ingredients and make sure the tools used to eat quite hygienic.

It is recommended that parents introduce complementary foods made with milk alone. Besides being with homemade food, you can have full control over what will be the intake by the child. You also instill healthy eating habits early on to children. Moreover, homemade food will be more nutritious and free of additive substances, can also be more varied, more delicious, cheap, and frugal.

Origin of Milk Baby Do not Change

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Provision of hypoallergenic milk is the major step taken by the parents for children who are allergic to cow’s milk. But in reality there was no significant difference in infant formula-fed (bottle) with hypoallergenic milk.

In perfect hydrolyzed milk, whole cow’s milk protein is broken down completely so that risk for triggering allergies than bottle-feeding is less common. Hydrolysis of milk is usually not recommended for babies who are breastfed and have a high risk of allergy because of a history of allergies from their parents. Read the rest of this entry »

How to give breast milk to a premature baby

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Babies 2,000 – 2,500 grams have the sucking reflex weaker, but they are able to nurse. This stimulates the breast of his mother and it produces more milk.

Premature babies also have a disease and need a device can receive the milk through a nasogastric tube (a plastic tube that is inserted through the nose and into the stomach). The mother must learn to express milk using a breast pump or hand milking and deliver at the hospital so that you can take your child. Unfortunately, so far there are few hospitals that facilitate this process.

Feeding The Premature Infant

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The ideal feeding premature baby is its mother’s milk. The milk produced by the mother of a premature baby is the best food for your child.

Although pregnancy did not reach term, milk has characteristics that suit the special needs of the baby. In fact, the colostrums, which has many proteins and antibodies, it is necessary for the premature baby.

As days go by, the composition of milk continues to change to adapt to the baby. However, it is assumed that in some cases the baby may need more protein because its growth is very rapid. For this you can enrich breast milk with supplements (protein, minerals and vitamins). Read the rest of this entry »

Milk is the greatest asset for your baby

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Milk growth: an asset health for babies

The milk is growing, according to the new name of dairy foods for young children, ie aged 1 to 3 years. It advises them to breakfast and lunch, in addition to a varied and up to 500 ml per day. Like other infant milk, its composition is strictly regulated. Their main characteristic is to provide children with items that are not naturally present or absent in cow’s milk, thereby promoting their healthy development.

Milk growth: a source of iron and vitamins

Milk croissance Source important calcium and phosphorus, milk is an ideal food for growth. One downside: naturally, it contains very little iron. This item is nevertheless essential to the production of blood cells, including immune system. Iron helps to protect the child against infections ENT and bronchopulmonary repeated. The growth milks are fortified with iron concentration, which allows small pieces to keep the form and to fight against external aggressions!

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